BTS' V becomes fastest person to get 40M Instagram followers, fans flex 'most popular person'
With BTS being arguably the biggest music group in the world at the moment, it is no surprise that its members would also be making all kinds of history and breaking records. Instagram first broke when all seven members opened their personal Instagram accounts. Their accounts saw some of the fastest growth in the first 24 hours. In fact, V aka Kim Taehyung entered the Guinness World Records for being the fastest person to get 1 million and 10 million followers in less than 5 hours. All of the other members also quickly crossed the 10, 20 and 30 million mark.
BTS’ loyal fanbase keeps growing each day and this is evident with their sold-out concerts, merch, albums, streams and music video views. And with ARMY (BTS’ fandom) wanting to stay up to date with the members, they have also been religiously following their Instagram account. Well, this has led to Taehyung crossing 40 million followers in 135 days of opening his account. This makes him the most followed BTS member and the most followed Korean male celebrity on Instagram.
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Fans were further impressed with this feat since Taehyung’s Instagram bio simply has his stage name, V while his username is @thv with no mention of BTS or who he is. With him becoming the fastest person in Instagram history to gain 40 million followers, it looks like many already know who he is. A lot of Knetizens and non-fans were also impressed as they made posts like, “He's King-Taehyung anyways... A lot of my muggle friends are following him.” Another user wrote, “Wow he's the king of that app, even my friends who doesn't even like kpop or bts are following only him lol he's that impacful.”
‘Keeps making history’
An ARMY was impressed, “SEE HOW THAT ONE LETTER NAME WITHOUT ANY INTRODUCTION BECAME THE MOST POPULAR AND MADE EVERYONE SHAKING. USER THV, YOU ROCK.” Another fan tweeted, “KIM TAEHYUNG SURPASSED 40M FOLLOWERS IN JUST 4 MONTHS. ITS ALL TIME RECORD ON INSTAGRAM HISTORY. HE IS REALLY THE MOST POPULAR AND IMPACTFUL PERSON.” One fan shared, “OUR RECORD SETTER THV CONTINUES TO BREAK RECORDS CONGRATULATIONS TAEHYUNG!”
Another flexed, “No but Tae's feed it's amazing, it's all him and music and nice posts, then there's Taechwita lol I love him!” One said, “HE KEEPS MAKING HISTORY #THV40MILLION CONGRATULATIONS TAEHYUNG.” Another explained why people love following him, “And then he will delete it 5 seconds later!😂 Bangtan members have always said Taehyung is an unpredictable and unique person and that really shines through on insta. You never know what he’s gonna post or do next lmao.”
SEE HOW THAT ONE LETTER NAME WITHOUT ANY INTRODUCTION BECAME THE MOST POPULAR AND MADE EVERYONE SHAKING. USER THV, YOU ROCK 🤭 #THV40MILLION pic.twitter.com/SPxoYWoN2H
— Jessie ♡ KTH1 🎊 (@forsoloistKTH) April 19, 2022
KIM TAEHYUNG SURPASSED 40M FOLLOWERS IN JUST 4 MONTHS. ITS ALL TIME RECORD ON INSTAGRAM HISTORY. HE IS REALLY THE MOST POPULAR AND IMPACTFUL PERSON #THV40MILLION
— ᵗʰᵛdoka⁷ • KTH1 in 2022 (@taexprod) April 19, 2022
OUR RECORD SETTER THV CONTINUES TO BREAK RECORDS
— TAE ADVOCATES 👑 KTH1 IS COMING (@AdvocatesTae) April 19, 2022
CONGRATULATIONS TAEHYUNG!#THV40MILLION #TaehyungInstagram40M pic.twitter.com/NgBDyuzhzA
No but Tae's feed it's amazing, it's all him and music and nice posts, then there's Taechwita lol
— Dani🖤Tae¹¹⁸🖤⁷⁹ (@Taes_KTH1) April 19, 2022
I love him!#TaehyungInstagram40M#THV40MILLION pic.twitter.com/PP6nOQrpFP
HE KEEPS MAKING HISTORY #THV40MILLION CONGRATULATIONS TAEHYUNG pic.twitter.com/C8lzI6fUWb
— wingsmsk ᵛ (@vbora1995_) April 19, 2022